# Accident 19720113000019A: Piper PA28R200, Paradise, WA, January 13, 1972

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1972, 18:15 local time
- Place: Paradise, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7862° N, 121.7354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paradise, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7862&lon=-121.7354&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3025R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3025R-1972-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA72AS026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19720113000019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST CONTROL NEAR MT RAINIER AT NIGHT IN SNOW STORM. IMPACT AT 7000 FT. MT TOP 14400 FT. FOUND WRECK 20 YEARS LATER

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA72AS026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS026), Jan 13, 1972: Piper PA-28R (N3025R), Paradise, WA, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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